NR 224 QUIZ 1 LATEST EXAM

NR 224 QUIZ 1 LATEST EXAM
levels of the critical thinking model - ANSWER: Basic - accept diverse opinion and
values experts
· Tasked Oriented
· Follow procedures step by step

Complex
· experts and trust their own decisions

Commitment
· make choices without assistance
accountability

Importance of critical thinking in nursing practice - ANSWER: focus on the important
issues
· recognize patient problem
• analyzes information about the problem

List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill :Interpretation - ANSWER:
Be orderly in collecting data about patients.

Apply reasoning while looking for patterns to emerge.

Categorize the data (e.g., nursing diagnoses [see Chapter 17]).

Gather additional data and clarify any data about which you are uncertain.

List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill
(Analysis) - ANSWER: Be open-minded as you look at information about a patient.

Do not make careless assumptions.

Does the data reveal a problem or trend that you believe is true, or are there other
options?

List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill
(Inference) - ANSWER: Are there relationships among findings?

Do data about the patient help you see that a problem exists?

List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill (Evaluation) - ANSWER: Use
criteria (e.g., expected outcomes, pain characteristics, learning objectives) to
determine results of nursing actions.

Reflect on your own behavior

, List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill (Explanation) - ANSWER:
Support your findings and conclusions.

Use knowledge and experience to choose strategies to use in the care of patients.

List and provide an example of each critical thinking skill
(Self-regulation) - ANSWER: Reflect on your experiences.

Be responsible for connecting your actions with outcomes.

Identify the ways you can improve your own performance.

What will make you believe that you have been successful?

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker (TRUTH
SEEKER) - ANSWER: Seek the true meaning of a situation.

Be courageous, honest, and objective about asking questions.

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker (Open-
mindedness) - ANSWER: Be tolerant of different views;

be sensitive to the possibility of your own prejudices;

respect the right of others to have different opinions.

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker
(Analyticity) - ANSWER: Analyze potentially problematic situations; anticipate
possible results or consequences; value reason; use evidence-based knowledge.

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker
(Systematicity) - ANSWER: Be organized, focused; work hard in any inquiry

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker (Self-
confidence) - ANSWER: Trust in your own reasoning processes.

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinker
(Inquisitiveness) - ANSWER: Be eager to acquire knowledge and learn explanations
even when applications of the knowledge are not immediately clear.

Value learning for learning's sake.

Discuss and provide an example of each of the concepts of a critical thinkeR
( MATURITY) - ANSWER: Multiple solutions are acceptable.

Reflect on your own judgments; have cognitive maturity.